Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner ...

Thomas Jefferson first came to Williamsburg to attend William & Mary in March 1760. Until April 1762, Jefferson lodged and boarded in the building known today as the Sir Christopher Wren Building. He ...

Some social media users shared the quote in early 2025 to express dissatisfaction with U.S. President Donald Trump's second ...

Thomas Jefferson is one of America’s most iconic Founding Fathers. Best known for his inspirational words in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a brilliant man with diverse interests who ...

(Thomas Jefferson Foundation) Jefferson was arguably the most famous weather observer of his era, but he wasn't the first. Carrying forward amateur scientific investigations that started in the ...

Thomas Jefferson' takes a close look at the "unequal ... Kern continues: "And so 14-year-old Sally Hemings, who has known ...

In the 1700s, an English translation of the Quran became famous among Western readers. Protestants in England and its American colonies, including American stateman Thomas Jefferson, rushed into ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked ... years when he and Jefferson did not correspond. Her famous exchange with Jefferson in 1804 powerfully demonstrates both her loyalty ...

Shortly after the mistake, the president flubbed a famous line from Thomas Jefferson’s 1787 letter to former Continental Army ...